SIMONES v. HUMPHREY

Habeas Corpus No. 222.

79 F.Supp. 5 (1948)

SIMONES v. HUMPHREY, Warden.

District Court, M. D. Pennsylvania.

August 19, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Petitioner pro se.

Arthur A. Maguire, U. S. Atty., of Scranton, Pa., and Charles W. Kalp, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Lewisburg, Pa., for respondent.


FOLLMER, District Judge.

Petitioner has applied for his second writ of habeas corpus. He now alleges that "False testimony was allowed to be given in the case in the sentencing Court," that a crime not a misdemeanor cannot be prosecuted on an Information, and that he "was trapped into believing that his course of action in the Court should be to waive an indictment and be prosecuted on an Information."

The question of false testimony was raised in his previous...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases